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    "id": 1155289,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Committee on Administration and National Security to please address himself to the issues of insecurity, more so, to what seems to be politically-instigated violence, be it in Isiolo, Baringo, Laikipia or in the Mt. Kenya region, where the Mungiki seems to be regaining its foothold. This is happening under the full view and glare of the public and the Cabinet Secretary in-charge of Interior and Coordination of National Government, Hon. Fred Matiang’i, and his Principal Secretary. The Inspector-General of Police must listen to the alarm bells being raised by the Member for Isiolo and Hon. Abdisalan. These are issues that go beyond the normal politicking. We have allowed elements of the former Mungiki gang and other vigilante groups in this country to start taking charge of security, and be the ones that allow politicians to either address or not address rallies in particular areas. This is prevalent in sections of the Mt Kenya region. We have seen Kenyans dying in other sections like Isiolo and Laikipia, and the Government is just sitting and doing nothing. Is it not normal that every other week in a democratic and civilised society like ours, bodies are being recovered from River Yala, and we sit in this House to be told that we wait for two weeks for a report to be brought? If you can remember, Hon. Otiende Amollo raised the issue of the KWS officer who comes from his constituency. The officer, a member or the Armed Forces of Kenya, disappeared in the hands of people who are said to have been policemen, and the Chair said that they will get to the Cabinet Secretary and give us a report within two to three weeks. Unfortunately, after three weeks, the body of that gentleman from Rarieda was recovered from River Yala. So, it is not just extra judicial killings, but also politically instigated violence and the re-emergence of vigilante groups. We must seriously look into this violence, as a House, to establish if they are State sponsored or they are being entertained by the State with ulterior motives. It is only this House that can rise to the occasion. I Hope my good neighbour, Hon. Mwathi, will have the courage and determination to get to the root cause of all this seemingly politically instigated violence. We will take our country down the drain if we do not look into it."
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